Janelle Girl Name

The name Janelle is of English origin, and is a diminutive form of Jane.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Janelle has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Janelle

Use of the Name Janelle for Girls During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

43,209

39,369

23,914

6,243

2,873

1,118

515

The table below indicates the number of times the name Janelle has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Janelle first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1931, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Janelle

Used as a Girl Name

Used as a Boy Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1931

963

52

1932

884

63

1933

800

69

1934

759

78

1935

707

90

1936

624

112

1937

650

110

1938

617

122

1939

631

116

1940

690

102

1941

746

91

1942

744

103

1943

787

98

1944

652

129

1945

618

139

1946

706

131

1947

612

188

1948

514

255

1949

504

261

1950

487

276

1951

543

240

1952

476

312

1953

469

329

1954

455

374

1955

437

418

1956

484

369

1957

468

409

1958

472

406

1959

491

393

1960

465

441

1961

469

431

1962

454

449

1963

463

442

1964

413

561

1965

434

472

1966

431

473

1967

397

524

1968

384

567

1969

351

665

1970

386

607

1971

369

640

1972

370

586

1973

349

609

1974

344

633

1975

310

735

1976

303

760

1977

234

1,066

1978

186

1,385

1979

187

1,414

1980

194

1,395

1981

203

1,317

1982

213

1,245

1983

216

1,164

1984

212

1,221

1985

198

1,359

1986

216

1,216

1987

215

1,219

1988

209

1,246

1989

232

1,184

1990

258

1,101

1991

257

1,086

1992

261

1,070

1993

282

981

1994

313

867

1995

339

777

1996

386

687

1997

400

653

1998

411

646

1999

442

607

2000

471

588

2001

471

586

2002

481

581

2003

484

603

2004

545

515

Totals:

43,209

0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Janelle as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Janelle appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 74 times during the last 125 years.